35.9675° N, 86.5253° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Smyrna, TN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 20, 1986 · 14:45 local
Place
Smyrna, TN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7327
Reported as
Blanca 1730
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total150 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Power loss en route. Landed in a pasture without damage. Fuel pump had failed due to old age.
As the FAA filed it
POWER LOSS EN ROUTE. LANDED IN A PASTURE WITHOUT DAMAGE. FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED DUE TO OLD AGE.